אָבַד (ʾābad) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning perish. It appears
185 times
in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2)perish; die, be exterminated, be ruined, destroyed, vanish, be lost, strayed; cause to perish, kill, cause to vanish, blot out, do away with, cause to stray, lose; put to death; wander; break, destruction, not escape, fail, spend…
1.perish, die, of individuals (mostly late); under figuratively of weapons (compare Di); perish, be exterminated (judgment for sin), of Israel v. also; לָנֶצַח א׳; followed by מֵעַל הָאָ֑רֶץ (of annihilation of Israel) (D); followed by מִתּוֹךְ הַקָּהָל; perish, be ruined, destroyed, of inanimate things, e.g. land; heavens & earth.
2.figuratively perish, vanish, subject memory (i.e. be forgotten); compare אֹבַד עֵצוֹת; אֱמוּנָה; חָזוֹן; יוֹם; לֵב (i.e. courage fail); תִּקְוָת; so תַּאֲוַת (i.e. come to naught); תּוֹחֶלֶת, followed by מִן + agent; תּוֹרָה + עֵצָה followed by מן + persons negligent; especially א׳ מָנוֹס מִן־ (i.e. they could not escape).
3.be lost, strayed, asses (figuratively of erring men); perhaps.
Pielאִבַּדְתִּי; imperfect יְאַבֵּד; וִֽיאַבֵּד; 1 s. suffix וָאַבֶּדְךָ; participle מְאַבְּדִים.
1.cause to perish, destroy, kill, object person (mostly late); object נְפָשׁוֹת; in judgment, subject Jehovah; followed by מִתּוֹךְ =; object inanimate things especially idols, (J); bars of Zion.
2.figuratively cause to vanish, blot out, do away with names of idols; voice of Babylon; good (טוֹבָה q.v.).
3.cause to stray, lose; object Israel under figuratively of flock.
Hiphilperfect וְהֶֽאֱבִיד; participle מַאֲבִיד.
1.destroy, put to death, in judgment, (subject Jehovah) object person (followed by מִשָּׁם); (followed by מֵֽאֱדוֹם); object nation, Canaanites (followed by מִפְּנֵיכֶם); Canaan = Philistines; especially Israel; = (+ וְלַהֲרוֹס) = (+ וּלְהָרֵעַ); animals; (human subject), object servants of Baal (E; followed by מֵעִֽיר);.
2.figuratively, object name of kings (followed by מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם); hope
Strong's H6אָבַד: properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) KJV:break, destroy(-uction), not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, × and surely, take, be undone, × utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.